Location—Village, [p. 80], [pl. 45].—Former locations fortification of their village—Description of village and mode of constructing their wigwams, [p. 81, 82].—Description of interior—Beds—Weapons—Family groups, [p. 82, 83], [pl. 46].—Indian garrulity—Jokes—Fire-side fun and story-telling, [p. 84].—Causes of Indian taciturnity in civilized society, [p. 85].
[LETTER—No. 12, Mandan Village.]
Bird’s-eye view of the village, [p. 87], [pl. 47].—The “big canoe”—Medicine-lodge—A strange medley, [p. 88].—Mode of depositing the dead on scaffolds, [p. 89].—Respect to the dead—Visiting the dead—Feeding the dead—Converse with the dead—Bones of the dead, [p. 90], [pl. 48].
[LETTER—No. 13, Mandan Village.]
The wolf-chief—Head-chief of the tribe, [p. 92], [pl. 49].—Several portraits, [p. 92], pls. [50], [51], [52], [53].—Personal appearance—Peculiarities—Complexion, [p. 93].—“Cheveux gris,” [p. 94].—Hair of the men—Hair of the women, [p. 95], [pl. 54].—Bathing and swimming, [p. 96].—Mode of swimming—Sudatories or vapour-baths, [p. 97–8], [pl. 71].
[LETTER—No. 14, Mandan Village.]
Costumes of the Mandans—High value set upon them—Two horses for a head-dress—Made of war-eagles’ quills and ermine, [p. 100, 101].—Head-dresses with horns, [p. 103].—A Jewish custom, [p. 104].
[LETTER—No. 15, Mandan Village.]
Astonishment of the Mandans at the operation of the Author’s brush, [p. 105].—The Author installed medicine or medicine-man, [p. 106].—Crowds around the Author—Curiosity to see and to touch him, [p. 107].—Superstitious fears for those who were painted, [p. 168].—Objections raised to being painted, [p. 109].—The Author’s operations opposed by a Mandan doctor, or medicine-man, and how brought over, [p. 110], [pl. 55].